Over the years, I’ve continued to play the large collection of Dragon Ball Z games both because of the entertainment they bring, and that the games allow you to play as your favourite characters and re-live the series at your will. There has been a huge number of games over the years, some have been very weak some very good. The most recent release before Dragon Ball ZBudokaiHD Collection, Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi was an annoying game, and I am pleased that Bandai decided to go back and look at what made their DBZ games great. Continue reading →

Most gaming outlets really enjoy their top five or top ten list articles. Who can blame them, really? Such lists not only generate a vast number of traffic, but also enable the writer to share an opinion in a structure that’s easy to digest for almost anyone–and it’s usually easy to write as well. For many, an editorial featuring a list is a nice and simple opinion piece to obtain an additional perspective or even some more knowledge about the medium they’re passionate about. For Examiner.com, these lists also serve as factual data representing players as a whole.

According to a TVTropes user, the Wii U has had its performance boosted through the most recent software patch. This user failed to include any legitimate source, offering the article changes to simply be perceived as one of the many fans that participate in the console war, looking to make their game system sound better with the dawn of superiortechnology on the console horizon. That being said, that does not prevent game journalists running a news story based on this ultimately untrustworthy and lone source. Continue reading →

This week has seen a number of announcements regarding the PlayStation Vita, both in Japan and here in the west. Instead of giving each one a separate post, it was deemed appropriate to combine them all. Now that time has passed since some announcements, more information may be available.

For us video gaming enthusiasts E3 is a pretty exciting time of year. People who are not into videogames might find it a bit weird that we’re all captivated by men in suits talking about their products on stage to an audience of journalists, or related Twitter feeds. This rabid hunger for video game news was arguably why E3 2012 was kind of, well, lame.

Tomb Raider is latest title of the iconic series. Casting aside the legacy created and starting afresh, with the rebooted and re-imagined Lara Croft, Crystal Dynamics brings a new perspective to the famous and symbolic heroine. This title revives the series with a new Lara and bringing a new insight into how she becomes the well-established bad ass players will be familiar with from the first video game released in 1996. Unlike that of the predecessors’ title, this game brings to light, the journey Lara takes into becoming a legendary tomb raider. Continue reading →